“Putin again uses energy as a weapon: the head of the European Commission on Austria without Russian gas Russia stopped the transit of gas to Austria through Ukraine after OMV credited 230 million euros in arbitration. Von der Leyen announced that the EU is ready for winter and that gas storages are fully filled.”, — write on: unn.ua
“Putin is again using energy as a weapon. He is trying to blackmail Austria and Europe by cutting gas supplies. We are ready for this and ready for winter. Gas storages in the EU are full,” the head of the European Commission said.
In addition, von der Leyen added that Europe is united in supporting Austria.
Austria without Russian gas: the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine commented on Russia’s energy blackmailNovember 16 2024, 07:59 • 53685 views
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Russian Gazprom has stopped gas transit through Ukraine to Austria since November 16.
This followed the decision of the Austrian company OMV to credit the 230 million euros received in the arbitration against Gazprom from the accounts under the contract with Gazprom. OMV then warned of a “possible stoppage of gas supplies” from Russia.